PowerShell scripts Please ensure that the Az module is installed as per the Technical requirements section at the beginning of the chapter. In the next demonstration, we are going to create two Windows Server VMs…
VM management tasks In this section, we are going to look at some management capabilities for virtual machines. We will explore items such as VM sizing, data disks, networking, moving VMs, redeploying VMs, disk encryption,…
Adding data disks In the following exercise, we will explore adding data disks to a VM in Azure: Sign in to the Azure portal: https://portal.azure.com/home. Create a new managed disk in Azure, set the resource…
Moving VMs from one resource group to another In this section, we will perform the migration of a VM from one resource group to another. We will validate readiness for the migration and then work…
Disk encryption in Azure Encrypting Azure disks ensures that unattended and unauthorized access to the disks will be prevented by encrypting the data. This can be done at bothan infrastructure level, through server-side encryption (SSE),…
Introduction to containers Businesses are constantly looking for newer and quicker ways to deploy applications and keep businesses running. These requirements lead to software development and support teams to find solutions for saving money and…
Containers versus VMs Hardware virtualization has enabled the possibility of running multiple isolated OS instances at the same time on physical hardware. As containers abstract the OS by virtualizing it, this enables several applications to…
Deployment VMs are deployed using some form of a hypervisor. With Windows systems, they can be deployed and managed by Windows Admin Center, Hyper-V Manager, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). PowerShell can also…
Container groups Container groups contain a set of containers that share their life cycle, resources, network configuration, and storage resources, essentially grouping them together. Containers within a container group are scheduled together on the same…
Networking Containers within a container group can share a public-facing IP address with an associated DNS label. This label is referred to as an FQDN, which is a user-friendly name for finding an IP associated…